Biophotonics & Optical Radiology Laboratory

Developing optical tomograpy...

Group Travels to RPI for Workshop on Diffuse Optical Imaging (Oct. 26-28, 2011).

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The mission of Biophotonics and Optical Radiology Laboratory is to establish optical tomography as a viable biomedical imaging modality. To this end Prof. Hielscher's team is developing state-of-the-art imaging hardware and software that provide 3-dimensional distributions of physiologically relevant parameters in biomedical systems.

The laboratory is currently applying this emerging technology in clinical and preclinical studies that focus on the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in finger joints, effects of cerebral ischemia and stroke, and cancer diagnostics based on fluorescence and bioluminescence molecular imaging. The work of the laboratory is supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).